I had to hire an Israeli locksmith to cut the jammed u-lock made by an American company probably somewhere in China, using a Mexican-made saw engineered by a German company in order to liberate my Taiwan-made, US-designed bicycle, while sipping Italian-inspired cappuccino prepared by a Honduran barista in a Korean cafe...

I am in a clean-up mode, going through old business cards and recalling the beautiful strangers I met. Some of them became true friends, some were just passing by, but all of them had something to give and as long as my heart was peaceful enough to notice, it turned out they each had a gift for me -- perhaps for you too?

A recent visit to the City of the Covenant, New York, gave me a chance to experience what a joy the 19th Day Feast can be, and to teach a trilingual group of friends the joyous song "Hoy Es El Dia" by Greg Shaw.